20 APRIL 1962, page 19

Television

Cosy Fanat c By CLIFFORD HANLEY IN my formative years, I reacted so violently to Victori- anism that a wing collar could bring me out in a heat rash at a distance of •sixty......

Opera

A Tristan for Sceptics By DAVID CAIRNS THERE is no Wagner opera except The Mastersingers which in the anticipation I approach without a groan. The thought that one is once again......